Word: dinner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...strong armored offensive right through the supposedly impenetrable Ardennes could lead to a breakthrough all the way to the English Channel. The Allied armies would be encircled and cut off; all France would lie open. Manstein's memorandums never reached Hitler, but the two men met at a dinner, and the Fuhrer was so impressed by the general's bold plan that he ordered it adopted...
Beach-volleyball stars themselves were the ones who pulled their sport up from the tide line. Back in the 1970s, tournaments, such as they were, could offer top players no more than a free pair of swim trunks, dinner in a local restaurant and perhaps a date with the winner of the accompanying bikini contest. But in 1983 a group of players who believed in the game's potential formed the Association of Volleyball Professionals to fight for bigger purses and better promotions. The group, which numbers 250 members, went on strike during the 1984 World Championships in California...
...idea was born -- and why not? -- at the regular monthly dinner of a batch of New York City foodies. Someone complained about how hard it was, despite all the magazine and newspaper reviews, to find a really good restaurant. Eugene ("Tim") Zagat, a lawyer for Gulf & Western, had a bright idea: Why not survey the group's eaterygoing friends and circulate a newsletter listing their favorites? In a moment of Bordeaux-induced bravado, Zagat volunteered to organize the project...
Talk about small acorns and mighty oaks. Requests for Zagat's photocopied survey soon grew to the point that his wife Nina, also an attorney, suggested that they start selling the guide to cover expenses. Now, a decade after that fateful dinner, Tim Zagat is no longer a practicing lawyer but the mogul of an ever growing mini-empire of restaurant and hotel reviews across the U.S. For New York City gourmets, the appearance of Zagat's annual survey of local restaurants has become an event anticipated much the way their Parisian peers await each new Guide Michelin. Zagat...
...restaurants, meanwhile, women find it difficult to play host at a business lunch or dinner, since waiters typically assume that the male guest will choose the wine and pay the bill. Female travelers also complain that hotels can be careless about revealing room numbers and too often place women in insecure locations, such as ground-floor rooms without door chains or peepholes...